[ChuteBoxe]

February 21, 2008
BY BRIAN HANLEY bhanley@suntimes.com

The Bulls sent Ben Wallace and Joe Smith to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Adrian Griffin to the Seattle Supersonics in a three-way deal that would bring Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden to the Bulls, according to a source.

Wally Szczerbiak would go from Seattle to Cleveland.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baske...022108.article

[Quebb Diesel]

and what does seattle get out of this deal?!

[Deuce]

**** me. Pistons needed something. They are gonna get buried now.

[ChuteBoxe]

Bulls get:

• Larry Hughes
• Drew Gooden
• Cedric Simmons
• Shannon Brown

Cleveland gets:

• Ben Wallace
• Joe Smith
• Wally Szcerbiak
• Delonte West

Seattle gets:

• Adrian Griffin
• Ira Newble
• Donyell Marshall

[Illusion]

The deal isn't finalized yet. Hopefully the league granted them a deadline extension.

[ChuteBoxe]

ESPN just got it up.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3257159

[ChuteBoxe]

Originally Posted by Illusion

The deal isn't finalized yet. Hopefully the league granted them a deadline extension.

The league office was notified of the deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trading deadline, sources said, and is currently reviewing the trade details as required for formal approval.

[Quebb Diesel]

looks like im going to take the trailblazers tonight

[mofome]

Originally Posted by ChuteBoxe

Bulls get:

• Larry Hughes
• Drew Gooden
• Cedric Simmons
• Shannon Brown

Cleveland gets:

• Ben Wallace
• Joe Smith
• Wally Szcerbiak
• Delonte West

Seattle gets:

• Adrian Griffin
• Ira Newble
• Donyell Marshall

Clev made out well. good lord.

[ShamsWoof10]

Originally Posted by mofome

Clev made out well. good lord.

Yeah they did!!!

[BigBollocks]

Whatever city has the Sonics dumped on them will be hurting for some time

[NEP Dynasty]

Not really. They got a lot of cap space. They will be OK in a few years

[jjgold]

no win for any team, all a bunch of losers

[isetcap]

Originally Posted by mofome

Clev made out well. good lord.

They did?!?

I love Ben Wallace and have been an avid supporter of his since he donned the beautiful Bullets uniform, but he is far removed from the player he was even 3 years ago. He's an energy athlete who at this point lacks energy and athleticism. I'm not sure I wouldn't rather have the more polished game of Gooden even if he does look like an idiot. And while Hughes certainly has not been a great fit in Cleveland, he is finally starting to get healthy and show signs of becoming the star-caliber player he was in his last season in Washington. As for the second tier players in the deal, Cleveland got garbage. Wally defines underachievement and West strives to be a turnover per minute type of guy.

Oh yes, and then there's the Sonics, also known as "The Team Most Likely to Make Any Trade that Lowers Payroll and Raises Their Lottery Odds".

[purecarnagge]

seatle is going to get good draft pick players, and have there rookies helping them out and then they will pick up the top 1-3 guys in the FA market 2-3 years in a row and have a team to contend with 2 years down the road.